Frequently asked questions

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"Astrodienst" means "Astro Service".
"Dienst" is German for "service", and
is pronounced "deenst". "Astro" is not
a particular word, but a common abbreviation for Astrology.

For the
Current
Planets listed on the homepage, do you list the declinations,
degrees N
or S of the ecliptic?

Yes, the declinations are listed in the column on the right. South appears
as negative value.

In the list of current planets on the homepage, what does the number
left of the zodiac symbols refer to?

The planet position is given in the following pattern {degree} {sign} {arc
minute} {arc second}, for example: 23°31"02'. The planet is on exactly 23 deg.
Leo 31 min. 02 sec. in Leo.

The number on the left is the degree of the planet in the sign. The
numbers to
right of the symbol are arc minutes and arc seconds.

How can I
link
to www.astro.com?

For more information, go to the Astrodienst Link directory and click on
"Register your website" and there on "Links to Astrodienst" in the left
column menu.
If you want us to link to your website, you can find the necessary
information in the section "Register
your website" of the Astrodienst
link directory.

Advertising on www.astro.com

www.astro.com is among the largest websites with free horoscopes on the
web. We invest a lot of work to be able to offer our users astrology at a
high
quality level. We are happy about the many thousand people who visit our
website every day. In order to offer our webservices, we need an
appropriate
infra structure, like web servers, etc. The returns we receive
from advertising help us to finance our free horoscopes and astrology
articles.
It is important to us that people with a small budget can also have access
to
good astrology.

We are aware that some people may find the advertisements irritating.
Unfortunately, we are not able to see which adverts a visitor of
www.astro.com
comes to see. The ads are placed individually for each visitor of the
website by Google syndication, depending on location, language and other
factors. Astrodienst has no direct contact with the advertisers and does
not select them.
If ads appear which are inappropriate, their domain name (URL) can and
should be
reported to Astrodienst. Such advertisers will be added to a list of
blocked domain names and will not appear again.

Appearance of ads: The ads presented by Astrodienst have a little box
marked "[x] Advertisement" in their
upper left corner, and you can close a particular ad so that it does not
distract you while reading the page where it appeared. These ads never
cover any
of the content on the page, and they do not create popup windows. Should
other
kinds of ads appear on your screen while visiting astro.com, they might be
created by other software (malware) on your computer.
In such cases it is advised to
use a search engine with keywords from the ads which appear, to get more
information about this malware and how to get rid of it.

No advertising for clients of Astrodienst

If you have purchased a horoscope or a subscription, the website will
be automatically free of advertising (if you are logged into your
profile).

Duration of the ad-free website:

Subscriptions: Duration of the subscription

Astro*Intelligence horoscopes: 12 months from date of purchase

Other horoscope readings: 6 months from date of purchase

Please note that these periods are not cumulative, i.e. purchasing two
reports instead of one will not result in a longer ad-free period.

Note: Ads on the Astro Databank pages are not influenced by this
option. The Astro Databank Wiki is technically independent from the rest
of the website. The software used in the Wiki has no access to the user
preferences in "My Astro" or to information on subscriptions.

Is there an app for iPhone, Android, other smart phones or iPad?

No, and there is currently none in the pipeline. Our website uses
responsive design, so that it is adjusted to the size of the screen. This
allows us to present a convenient display of astro.com on all mobile
devises.
However, we cannot support all types of and all old smartphones. We try to
support iphones >= 3, Android > version 4.0 and Windows phones >= 8.0. not
Symbian, not Blackberry. We have no access to such test devices.
We guarantee operation of our website and related subscriptions for online
services only on modern desktops with modern browsers.

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